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• Paperback: 464 pages
• Publisher: Ludlow Press (April 1, 2010)
• 5.5 x 8.5 original trade paperback
• ISBN-10: 0971341540
• ISBN-13: 978-0971341548
• Library Of Congress # 2009940333
About PERMANENT OBSCURITY:
Description:
A youthful bohemian satire, a story of alienated nonconformists, a
"girls on the lam" story, a sexploitation and S/M romp. Welcome
to the
psychosexual world of PERMANENT OBSCURITY. Inspired by the underground
sexploitation films of the 1960s, this bold updating of the "roughie"
subgenre largely takes place in New York City's East Village (ca.
2006), and it chronicles the rise and fall of a unique and intense
relationship. Dolores and Serena, two chemically dependent,
down-and-out artists set out to take control of their lives by making
a fetish-noir/femdom movie. Of course, things don't exactly turn out
as planned.
Author bio(s):
Initially published small literary magazines, Richard Perez has also
written for The New York Times (reference: “From Grit To Gloss,”
a
headline story about the East Village and the demise of bohemia). His
first novel, THE LOSERS' CLUB (aka: THE LOSERS' CLUB: Complete
Restored Edition!) was a small press success, with three foreign
translations to date: Korean, Turkish, Italian. PERMANENT OBSCURITY:
Or A Cautionary Tale of Two Girls & Their Misadventures with Drugs,
Pornography, and Death — his second novel — also reflects his
infatuation with bohemia and willful nonconformists.
Publisher's comments:
Visit the "notebook" for the novel and read free excerpts >>
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Author comments:
You can visit the author at: http://www.myspace.com/the_losers_club
Source: —Josh Alan Friedman,
Tales of Times Square, When Sex Was Dirty
Review:
"Ready-made for Russ Meyer— assuming, that is, if Meyer was around
and
still at his peak."
Source: —Lynn Breedlove,
Godspeed
Review:
"The American Baise-Moi!"
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Ludlow Press
PERMANENT
OBSCURITY:
Or
A Cautionary Tale of Two Girls
and Their Misadventures with Drugs, Pornography and Death
“Do You Have A Dirty Mind?”
A youthful bohemian satire,
a story of alienated non-conformists, a Thelma & Louise (“buddy love”/“girls
on the lam”) story, a sexploitation and S/M romp, a lampoon of auteur film-making,
a satire of media celebrity and “true-life” tabloid sensationalism. An anti-consumerist pulp epic
that could be labeled a black comedy.
Welcome to the psycho-sexual
world of
PERMANENT
OBSCURITY
Inspired by the underground
sexploitation films of the 1960s, this bold updating of the “roughie” subgenre
largely takes place in the East Village (ca. 2006), and it chronicles the
rise and fall of a unique and intense friendship.
Dolores and Serena, two chemically
dependent, down-and-out artists set out to take control of their lives by
making a fetish-noir/femdom movie.
Of course, things don't exactly
turn out as planned.
Also available:
The Losers' Club: Complete Restored Edition!
by Richard Perez
“I was hooked. I couldn’t
put it down until I finished…. I was simply impressed that these were
real, instantly recognizable people…poor lonely bastards of every
stripe resorting to utter humiliation and personal endangerment in
the barest hope of hooking up with a kindred spirit.
It’s a brave book with a great deal of heart.”
—Poppy Z. Brite
“A very beautiful valentine to
a time and place almost faded from existence.”
—Mary Gaitskill,
Bad Behavior, Veronica
“Funny and endearing—and
wisely not so hip as to avoid
a good grab for your heart.”
—Marcie Hershman,
Safe in America, Tales of the Master Race
The Losers' Club is
a vibrant and hopeful anthem for all of us 'losers' who
choose not to wallow (for too long!) in our despair and who
find the will to keep searching.”— Heather Lowcock, Joseph-Beth
Booksellers, Lexington KY*
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Translated into:
Italian
Storia D'Amore All'East Village …
(Italian language translation of The Losers' Club)
published Neri Pozza Editore, in Milano, Italy, 2008
Korean
The Korean language translation of
The Losers' Club published by Humandom,
in Seoul, South Korea, 2007
Turkish
Kaybedenler Kulübü ...
(Turkish language translation of The Losers' Club)
published by Say Yayinlari, in Istanbul, Turkey, 2007
Also available!
Winner
of the 2004 'Ulysses' Award
for Superior Fiction!
“Stunningly Original”
—The Austin-American Statesman
“Funny, hip, sad, and very, very smart, this superbly written novel
tells a story with which all of us can identify in this age
of computers and information overload. This is truly an 'epic quest,'
an often hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking
search for peace and solace and ordinary human happiness.”
—Tim O’Brien
“A Treasure.”—Kirkus Reviews
ISBN:0-9713415-7-5
202 pages / $12.95 US /$18.95 Can
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